Obama critic Issa keeps top spot in richest lawmaker ranking

He’s in the money: Capitol Hill publication Roll Call is out with its annual listing of the 50 richest members of Congress, and for the second year in a row, Rep. Darrell Issa of California has the No. 1 spot. The Republican’s net worth is about $357 million, Roll Call found, putting him far ahead of the No. 2 lawmaker on the list, Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul. Issa is a persistent critic of President Barack Obama, having once likened him to Richard Nixon for having an “enemies list.” Issa heads the House Oversight Committee and founded a car-alarm company.

“Inversion” watch: Add New York Sen. Charles Schumer’s voice to the raging debate over tax “inversions.” The Democrat’s proposal could limit deductions for companies that moved their tax addresses out of the U.S. as long ago as 1994, according to Bloomberg News. Schumer’s draft proposal would try to make inversions less attractive by applying future interest-deduction limits to companies that reincorporated abroad, Bloomberg said. But like other anti-inversion legislation, it would face high hurdles in the divided Congress.

“Raw [immigration] politics”: President Barack Obama’s move to delay executive actions on immigration will ease Democrats’ fears about voter backlash, but holding off is certainly giving Republicans new verbal ammunition. Obama’s delay smacked of “raw politics,” House Speaker John Boehner said, as Politico reports. The Senate’s top Republican quickly jumped in as well: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called Obama’s move “Washington politics at its worst.”

Welcome back, Congress: Lawmakers come back to the Capitol on Monday after a five-week recess and will need to hit the ground running. As The Wall Street Journal reports, leaders are aiming to adjourn again around Sept. 23, but members must first pass spending bills to avoid a government shutdown, re-authorize the Export-Import Bank or see it shut down, and vote on a moratorium on Internet access taxes.

Cruz-ing to the White House?Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sounded a bit more like he wants to run for president in 2016 in an interview on Sunday. That’s the Washington Post’s takeaway, at least, of what the tea-party favorite said on ABC News during an interview about the militant group ISIS. “The American people in 2014 and also November 2016 are going to be looking for leaders who want to work to restore America’s leadership in the world,” Cruz said. Does that mean him running for president? “It increases my interest in doing everything I can to change the direction we’re on.”